UHIS1022-39 PHILOSOPHY AND CURRENT ISSUES

This course encapsulates philosophical relation to National Education Philosophy and the Rukun Negara. The use of philosophy as a tool to purify the culture of thought in life through the arts and methods of thinking and human concepts. The main topics in philosophy, namely epistemology, metaphysics and ethics, are discussed in the context of current issues. Emphasis is given to philosophy as a basis for intercultural dialogue and to foster universal values. At the end of the course, students should be able to view the disciplines of knowledge as a whole and interdependent body of knowledge